[Goldenfleece]

2) Is the glass bottle blown around the fruit?

3) "Dwindle" comes to mind.

5) A coffin

6) I believe it is possible to renounce one's citizenship. Maybe the parents moved to another country, and when their child came of age he declared himself to be a citizen of another country. I doubt that's the answer you're looking for, though.

7) The ladder rises with the ship.